Court Significantly Increases Bail for Suspect Myronyuk in the “Midas” Case: Details
31 March 19:12
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has increased the bail amount for Ihor Myronyuk, a suspect in the NAEK “Energoatom” case, from 100 million hryvnias to 126 million.
This was reported by Transparency International Ukraine, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
The court considered appeals from both the defense and the prosecution regarding the extension of the preventive measure for Ihor Myronyuk, a suspect in the NAEK “Energoatom” case known as “Rocket.”
Previously, the investigating judge had extended his detention, setting bail at 100 million hryvnias.
Following the hearing, the panel of judges of the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court denied the defense’s appeal.
At the same time, the panel granted the prosecutor’s motion and increased the bail amount to 126 million hryvnias.
The rest of the ruling remains unchanged, according to the statement.
As of now, the bail has not been posted, and the suspect remains in custody.
As previously reported, individuals implicated in the NABU investigation laundered tens of millions of dollars from the Ukrainian nuclear energy operator “Energoatom” while posing as officials.
According to NABU, the money laundering scheme operated in a rather primitive and cynical manner: if a private business wanted to work (sell goods or provide services) with Energoatom, it had to pay a kickback of 10% to 15%. If you refused, you would not receive payment and would be “kicked off” the list of suppliers.
Participants referred to this mechanism among themselves as the “barrier”: you either share your margin or find yourself facing a closed door.
The organizer of the scheme was businessman Timur Mindich, co-owner of “Kvartal-95” and a former partner of President Zelenskyy (referred to in NABU materials by the alias “Carlson”), who managed to leave the country just a few hours before NABU’s raids.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has issued a pretrial detention order in absentia against businessman Timur Mindich, who is implicated in the NABU case regarding embezzlement at “Energoatom.”
The High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure in the form of pretrial detention, with the alternative of posting a 126 million hryvnia bail, on former advisor to the Minister of Energy Ihor Myronyuk, who is a suspect in a corruption case involving the energy sector.
